Arts -- Dictionaries
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A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (3 volumes (2 text; 1 plates); London: Printed for R. Phillips, 1806-1807), by G. Gregory, illust. by Samuel John Neele, Robert Cooper, and Charles Heath- A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (second American edition from the last London edition; New York: Pub. for W.T. Robinson by Collins and Co., 1821-1822), by G. Gregory (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lexicon Technicum: or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Explaining Not Only the Terms of Art, but the Arts Themselves (2 volumes; London: Printed for D. Brown et al., 1708-1710), by John Harris
- A Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge, With the Derivation and Definition of All the Terms in General Use (New York: Harper and Bros., 1853), ed. by William Thomas Brande and Joseph Cauvin (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art: Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of Every Branch of Human Knowledge: With the Derivation and Definition of All the Terms in General Use (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854), by William Thomas Brande, contrib. by Joseph Cauvin
- Cyclopedia of Literature and the Fine Arts: Comprising Complete and Accurate Definitions of All Terms Employed in Belles-lettres, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Mythology, Painting, Music, Sculpture, Architecture, and All Kindred Arts (Home Cyclopedia v2; New York: A. S. Barnes and Co.; Cincinnati: H. W. Derby, 1854), ed. by George Ripley and Bayard Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Cyclopedia of Literature and the Fine Arts: Comprising Complete and Accurate Definitions of All Terms Employed in Belles-lettres, Philosophy, Theology, Law, Mythology, Painting, Music, Sculpture, Architecture, and All Kindred Arts (New York and Chicago: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1873), ed. by George Ripley and Bayard Taylor
- Hand-Book of Literature and the Fine Arts (Putnam's Home Cyclopedia v2; New York: G. P. Putnam, 1852), ed. by George Ripley and Bayard Taylor
- Dictionarium Polygraphicum: or, The Whole Body of Arts Regularly Digested (2 volumes; London: Printed for C. Hitch et al., 1735), by John Barrow, illust. by John Devoto and W. H. Toms
- Handbook of Technical Terms Used in Architecture and Building and Their Allied Trades and Subjects (London: Scott, Greenwood, and Co.; et al., 1904), by Augustine C. Passmore
- Dan River's Dictionary of Textile Terms (4th edition; Danville, VA: Dan River Mills, c1946), by Dan River Mills Inc. (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Language of Fashion: A Dictionary and Digest of Fabric, Sewing and Dress (New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls, c1939), by Mary Brooks Picken and Mary Brooks Picken School (page images at HathiTrust)
- A Dictionary of Printers and Printing: With the Progress of Literature, Ancient and Modern, Bibliographical Illustrations, Etc. Etc. (London: H. Johnson; et al., 1839), by C. H. Timperley
- A Dictionary of the Art of Printing (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1841), by William Savage (HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
- A Dictionary of Typography (online visual edition based on Southward's first and second editions of 1870 and 1875), by John Southward, ed. by Nicholas Rougeux (illustrated HTML at c82.net)
- A Dictionary of Printers and Booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of Foreign Printers of English Books, 1557-1640 (London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1910), by R. B. McKerrow, Harry Gidney Aldis, Robert Bowes, E. R. McC. Dix, E. Gordon Duff, Strickland Gibson, G. J. Gray, Falconer Madan, and Henry R. Plomer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers Who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667 (London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1907), by Henry R. Plomer
- A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers Who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725 (Oxford: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, at Oxford U. Press, 1922), by Henry R. Plomer, ed. by Arundell James Kennedy Esdaile, contrib. by Harry Gidney Aldis, Ernest Reginald McClintock Dix, G. J. Gray, and R. B. McKerrow
- A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers Who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725 (Oxford: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, at Oxford U. Press, 1922), by Henry R. Plomer, ed. by Arundell James Kennedy Esdaile, contrib. by Harry Gidney Aldis, Ernest Reginald McClintock Dix, G. J. Gray, and R. B. McKerrow
- A Dictionary of Printers and Booksellers in England, Scotland and Ireland, and of Foreign Printers of English Books, 1557-1640 (London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1910), by R. B. McKerrow, Harry Gidney Aldis, Robert Bowes, E. R. McC. Dix, E. Gordon Duff, Strickland Gibson, G. J. Gray, Falconer Madan, and Henry R. Plomer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers Who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667 (London: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, 1907), by Henry R. Plomer
- A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers Who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725 (Oxford: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, at Oxford U. Press, 1922), by Henry R. Plomer, ed. by Arundell James Kennedy Esdaile, contrib. by Harry Gidney Aldis, Ernest Reginald McClintock Dix, G. J. Gray, and R. B. McKerrow
- A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers Who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1668 to 1725 (Oxford: Printed for the Bibliographical Society, at Oxford U. Press, 1922), by Henry R. Plomer, ed. by Arundell James Kennedy Esdaile, contrib. by Harry Gidney Aldis, Ernest Reginald McClintock Dix, G. J. Gray, and R. B. McKerrow
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Filed under: Arts -- Early works to 1800- Lexicon Technicum: or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Explaining Not Only the Terms of Art, but the Arts Themselves (2 volumes; London: Printed for D. Brown et al., 1708-1710), by John Harris
- Did We Do That? An Evaluation of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Rural Arts Agency Scheme (London: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, c1996), by Tess Hurson (PDF with commentary in the UK)
- Supporting Art and Culture: 1001 Questions on Policy, by Alfred De Grazia (HTML at grazian-archive.com)
- Bright Stars: Charting the Impact of the Arts in Rural Minnesota (Minneapolis: McKnight Foundation, c2005), by Carlo M. Cuesta, Dana M. Gillespie, and Padraic Lillis (PDF with commentary at mcknight.org)
- RSA Journal (partial serial archives)
- Blackbird: An Online Journal of Literature and the Arts (2002-) (full serial archives)
- Studies in Arts and Humanities (2015-) (full serial archives)
- Journal of Arts and Ideas (issues online 1983-1999) (partial serial archives)
- Rampike (full serial archives)
- Inflexions (2008-) (full serial archives)
- Journal of the Royal Society of Arts (partial serial archives)
- Art and Letters (reprint of the journal originally published 1917-1920; US access only) (full serial archives)
- The Dollar Magazine (ran for 2 volumes; New York: Wilson and Co., 1841-1842), ed. by Nathaniel Parker Willis and H. Hastings Weld (full serial archives)
- The Knight Errant (partial serial archives)
- The Nation and the Athenaeum (partial serial archives)
- 291 (full serial archives)
- Shadowland (partial serial archives)
- The Atlantic Monthly (partial serial archives)
- What is Art? (New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1904), by Leo Tolstoy, ed. by Aylmer Maude (multiple formats at archive.org)
- South African Tradition: A Brief Survey of Culture and Art in the Republic of South Africa (revised edition; New York: Information Service of South Africa, ca. 1968), by South Africa Department of Information (page images at HathiTrust)
- The South African Tradition: A Brief Survey of Culture and Art in the Republic of South Africa (1963), by South African Information Service (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Claude Monet: The Water-Lilies; and Other Writings on Art (Urbana, IL: Windsor and Downs Press; 2017), by Georges Clemenceau, trans. by Bruce Michelson (illustrated HTML and Epub with commentary at Illinois)
- A. Hyatt Mayor: Selected Writings and a Bibliography (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983), by A. Hyatt Mayor (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- The Visual Experience; An Introduction To Art (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, ca. 1961), by Bates Lowry (page images at HathiTrust)
- Adventures in the Arts: Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets (New York: Boni and Liveright, c1921), by Marsden Hartley (Gutenberg text and page images)
- Art (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., ca. 1914), by Clive Bell (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Art and Socialism, by William Morris (HTML at marxists.org)
- Art Culture: A Hand-Book of Art Technicalities and Criticisms, Selected From The Works of John Ruskin, and Arranged and Supplemented by Rev. W.H. Platt, for the Use of Schools and Colleges; Together With a New Glossary of Art Terms, And an Alphabetical and Chronological List of Artists (New York: J. Wiley and Son, 1873), by John Ruskin, ed. by W. H. Platt (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Art Culture: A Hand-Book of Art Technicalities and Criticisms, Selected From The Works of John Ruskin, and Arranged and Supplemented by Rev. W.H. Platt, for the Use of Schools and Colleges; Together With a New Glossary of Art Terms, And an Alphabetical and Chronological List of Artists (New York: J. Wiley and Sons, 1877), by John Ruskin, ed. by W. H. Platt (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Art Spirit (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1923), by Robert Henri, ed. by Margery Ryerson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Barbaren und Klassiker: Ein Buch von der Bildnerei Exotischer Völker (in German; title page appears to be missing; Munich: R. Piper and Co., 1922), by Wilhelm Hausenstein (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Course of Lectures Delivered at the New York School of Applied Design for Women (New York: Irving Press, 1912), ed. by Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins, contrib. by Frank Edwin Elwell, Henry Reuterdahl, Louis R. Metcalfe, H. K. Kevorkian, and Albert Sterner (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Creative Will: Studies in the Philosophy and the Syntax of Aesthetics (New York and London: J. Lane, 1916), by Willard Huntington Wright (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Hopes and Fears for Art, by William Morris (Gutenberg text)
- Kunst ("Art" translated into German; Dresden: Sibyllenverlag, 1922), by Clive Bell, ed. by Paul Westheim (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- L'Art et le Geste (in French; Paris: F. Alcan, 1910), by Jean d' Udine (page images at HathiTrust)
- Lectures on Art, and Poems, by Washington Allston (page images at MOA)
- Prose Miscellany (Cincinnati: R. Clarke and Co., 1881), by Horace P. Biddle (HTML and page images at Indiana)
- Seven Discourses on Art, by Joshua Reynolds (Gutenberg text)
- Since Cézanne (ca. 1922), by Clive Bell (Gutenberg text)
- Sketches of Art, Literature, and Character (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1885), by Mrs. Jameson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Two Paths, by John Ruskin (Gutenberg text)
- An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form and Film (Yonkers, NY: Alicat Book Shop Press, 1946), by Maya Deren (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- System and Dialectics of Art (New York: Delphic studios, 1937), by John Graham (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Aesthetic and Miscellaneous Works of Friedrich von Schlegel: Comprising Letters on Christian Art; An Essay on Gothic Architecture; Remarks on the Romance-Poetry of the Middle Ages and on Shakspere; On the Limits of the Beautiful; On the Language and Wisdom of the Indians (London: H. G. Bohn, 1860), by Friedrich von Schlegel, trans. by E. J. Millington
- Elements of Art Criticism, by G. W. Samson (page images at MOA)
- The Sanity of Art: An Exposure of the Current Nonsense about Artists being Degenerate (London: The New Age Press, 1908), by Bernard Shaw (PDF at modjourn.org)
- Pot-Boilers (London: Chatto and Windus, 1918), by Clive Bell (Gutenberg text)
- Signs of Change, by William Morris (Gutenberg text)
- The Decay of Lying, by Oscar Wilde (HTML in Ireland)
- Questioni Pratiche di Belle Arti: Restauri, Concorsi, Legislazione, Professione, Insegnamento (in Italian; Milano: U. Hoepli, 1893), by Camillo Boito (page images at HathiTrust)
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